Hi all and welcome to #MidWeekTease
Where we tease and hopefully tantalise you with a few paragraphs of a book or WIP.
This week I got my lovely cover, title and blurb for my latest Regency which is up for preorder
on Amazon .com here
on Amazon .co.uk here
and also on Kobo here
blurb...
Seducing
the wallflower…
Over the
years, Lydia Field has perfected the art of being a wallflower. It’s the only
way to avoid the attention of unwanted suitors – and the perils of a
convenient, loveless marriage! Instead, she dreams of the day she can leave
London’s high society behind her, trading the glamorous balls and afternoon
teas for a quiet life in the country.
But in an
unguarded moment, she finds herself catching the eye of notorious rake
‘Handsome Harry’, Lord Birnham. Now that he’s glimpsed the wildness and fire
that lurks beneath Lydia’s demure exterior, Lord Birnham will not rest until he
has unleashed the full extent of her passion!
For if
there’s one skill that Lord Birnham is known for, it’s the art of persuasion…
And your #MidWeekTease...
‘Why people think you are sweet and
effacing, I can not fathom. You are anything but, aren’t you?’
Lydia glanced around to make sure no one
else was in earshot. As most people were either on the dance floor, gossiping
in groups or at the card tables in another salon, the room was almost empty. ‘I
want to be seen to be all of those things. I do not want to be part of all
this.’ She waved her hand towards the ballroom. ‘I can’t do much else for my
parents other than be seen as a disappointment to them, and therefore intend to
cause no, or only a small scandal when I retire in a week or so. It will be “Those
poor Fields, but it’s all for the better. Lydia was never going to catch the
eye of a gentleman so she’s in the best place for her. Now the Fields can enjoy
life without worrying what to do with her.” No one will actually enquire where
I am. Or if they do will be told something innocuous.’ She took another sip of
wine and looked at Harry over the rim of the heavy crystal goblet. He sat back
in the chair next to her, his long legs stretched out in front of him and eyed
her closely.
‘What? Do I have wine on my gown or a
spider in my hair?’
He shook his head. ‘I can not believe how
well you have deceived everyone, including me. Life will be interesting from now
on.’
Why? Lydia decided not to ask him. She put her
glass down and stood up. ‘I best go back to the ballroom before my mama
realises I’m gone.’
‘Oh
she’ll have realised,’ Harry said, ‘but also seen you were with me and accepted
it,’ he finished shrewdly. ‘But by all means run away.’
Lydia
glowered at him and curtseyed. ‘Thank you, my lord. There is no need for me to
run. A brisk walk with be sufficient.’ His shout of laughter made her sit down
again with a thump.
Damned infuriating man.
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love Raven x
Looks like they're going to be fun together.
ReplyDeleteGreat snippet, Raven. And I love that cover!
ReplyDeleteHe's got her sussed out. Love, love, love the cover :)
ReplyDeleteOh Raven I can't wait to read this!!
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ReplyDeleteGreat banter! I wonder what she's done to bring such ruin on herself. I'll have to pick it up and find out!
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